Driver dead, 6 passengers injured after cab skids off road in Gurez

Driver dead, 6 passengers injured after cab skids off road in Gurez

  Bandipora: Driver of a cab died while six passengers were injured after the vehicle met with an accident at check-Nallah near Burnai area of Gurez in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday evening. Sub division police officer(SDPO) Gurez, Peerzada Ajaz said that a passenger Sumo bearing registration number JK15-2335, skidded off the road at Check-Nallah […]

KU forms Working Group to identify gaps in Dal Lake restoration

KU forms Working Group to identify gaps in Dal Lake restoration

    Srinagar: The University of Kashmir has constituted a high-level Working Group to promote ecological restoration of the famed Dal Lake in Srinagar. An Official communique said that apart from top varsity academics and researchers, the 15-member Working Group—to be headed by Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad—comprises heads of several government departments and universities in the […]

560 new COVID-19 cases in J&K; active cases 5,560

560 new COVID-19 cases in J&K; active cases 5,560

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Thurssday reported 560 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 1,04,715. Out of the total cases, 97,537 have already recovered and 1,618 have died leaving a total of 5,560 active cases as on date, the government’s media bulletin reads. Of the cases reported today, 313 were reported in Kashmir […]

JKBOSE issues date sheet for Class 11 annual exam

JKBOSE issues date sheet for Class 11 annual exam

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Thursday issued the date sheet for class 11 annual regular examination. As per the date sheet issued by the board, the examination will commence on Saturday December 12 and end on Wednesday January 6, 2021. The papers will start at 11:30 am sharp except […]

Gunfight breaks out in Pulwama village

Gunfight breaks out in Pulwama village

Srinagar: A gunfight broke out between militants and government forces at Parigam village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday afternoon, police said. “Encounter has started at Parigam area of Pulwama. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow, ” Kashmir Zone Police tweeted. Reader correspondentkashmirreader.com

4 unidentified militants killed, 2 cops injured in Nagrota gunfight

4 unidentified militants killed, 2 cops injured in Nagrota gunfight

  Jammu: Four unidentified militants were killed and two SOG men were injured in the gunfight that broke out between government forces and militants early Thursday morning. The militants were said to be travelling in a vehicle near Ban Toll Plaza of Nagrota when they opened fire at a naka party on Jammu—Srinagar highway triggering […]

Gunfight underway in Jammu’s Nagrota

Gunfight underway in Jammu’s Nagrota

  Jammu: A gunfight broke out between government forces and militants travelling in a vehicle near Ban Toll Plaza of Nagrota in Jammu district early Thursday morning. Officials said that militants believed to be three to four in number were travelling in a vehicle reportedly from Jammu to Srinagar but were intercepted at Nagrota sub […]

5-yr-old hit by car in Kupwara, dies

5-yr-old hit by car in Kupwara, dies

BARAMULLA: A little boy who was hit by a Maruti car on Tuesday afternoon in Trehgam area of Kupwara district succumbed to his injuries at district hospital Handwara on Wednesday. Sources said that a 5-year-old boy, identified as Wasir Ahmad Wani, son of Abdul Rashid Wani, resident of Hanjipora Trehgam Kupwara, was hit by a […]

Handwara man dies of electrocution in Hajin

Hajin: A man died after getting electrocuted in North Kashmir’s Hajin on Wednesday while another received minor injuries. The officials identified the man as Imtiyaz Ahmad Bhat son of Mohammad Rastum Baht a resident of Watapora village of Handwara. According to an official, the deceased was a labourer and got electrocuted when he was painting […]